UK Biobank

First published 01/02/2024

Last updated 05/05/2026

Data source

Human

Biobank

Death registry

Other

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The data source contains the following information

Disease information Does the data source collect information with a focus on a specific disease? This might be a patient registry or other similar initiatives.: Yes

Disease details, other: Cancer

Rare diseases Are rare diseases captured? In the European Union a rare disease is one that affects no more than 5 people in 10,000.: Yes

Pregnancy and/or neonates Does the data source collect information on pregnant women and/or neonatal subpopulation (under 28 days of age)?: No

Hospital admission and/or discharge: Yes

ICU admission Is information on intensive care unit admission available?: Yes

Cause of death: Captured

Cause of death vocabulary: ICD-10

Prescriptions of medicines: Captured

Dispensing of medicines: Not Captured

Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMP) Is information on advanced therapy medicinal products included? A medicinal product for human use that is either a gene therapy medicinal product, a somatic cell therapy product or a tissue engineered products as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 [Reg (EC) No 1394/2007 Art 1(1)].: No

Contraception Is information on the use of any type of contraception (oral, injectable, devices etc.) available?: Yes

Indication for use Does the data source capture information on the therapeutic indication for the use of medicinal products?: Captured

Indication vocabulary: Read

Medical devices Is information on medicinal devices (e.g., pens, syringes, inhalers) available?: Yes

Administration of vaccines: Yes

Procedures Does the data source capture information on procedures (e.g., diagnostic tests, therapeutic, surgical interventions)?: Captured

Procedures vocabulary: OPCS

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Clinical measurements Is information on clinical measurements (e.g., BMI, blood pressure, height) available?: Yes

Healthcare provider Is information on the person providing healthcare (e.g., physician, pharmacist, specialist) available? The healthcare provider refers to individual health professionals or a health facility organisation licensed to provide health care diagnosis and treatment services including medication, surgery and medical devices.: Yes

Genetic data Are data related to genotyping, genome sequencing available?: Captured

Biomarker data Does the data source capture biomarker information? The term “biomarker” refers to a broad subcategory of medical signs ( objective indications of medical state observed from outside the patient), which can be measured accurately and reproducibly. For example, haematological assays, infectious disease markers or metabolomic biomarkers.: Captured

Patient-reported outcomes Is information on patient-reported outcomes (e.g., quality of life) available?: Yes

Patient-generated data Is patient-generated information (e.g., from wearable devices) available?: Yes

Units of healthcare utilisation Are units of healthcare utilisation (e.g., number of visits to GP per year, number of hospital days) available or can they be derived? Units of healthcare utilisation refer to the quantification of the use of services for the purpose of preventing or curing health problems.: No

Unique identifier for persons Are patients uniquely identified in the data source?: Yes

Diagnostic codes: Captured

Diagnosis / medical event vocabulary: ICD-10

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Medicinal product information: Captured

Medicinal product information collected: Active ingredient(s)

Brand name

Formulation

Route of administration

Strength

Medicinal product vocabulary: dm+d

Other

If 'other,' what vocabulary is used?: BNF

Quality of life measurements: Not Captured

Lifestyle factors: Captured

Lifestyle factors collected: Alcohol use

Diet

Frequency of exercise

Other

Tobacco use

Sociodemographic information: Captured

Sociodemographic information collected: Age

Deprivation index

Education level

Ethnicity

Gender

Marital status

Socioeconomic status